ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ (Forget About It Music) - Julia "J-Dia" Diaco has teamed up with Philadelphia-based producer
Simon Illa (Vivian Green and Floetry; music for the Phillies' baseball team; American Rap Stars Soundtrack) to put the finishing touches on her debut album, My Blue
Heaven - due in stores this summer. To date, an album's worth of songs are completed, including the debut single and video "I Won't Tell," featuring
Styles P, slated to premiere on Inside Edition (this Thursday, May 4).
J-Dia first came into the spotlight two years ago, when, as an NYU freshman, she was arrested for dealing marijuana. She spent a court-mandated ten months in a behavioral center, during which time she concentrated her energies and filled an entire box with songs she had written while away.
Since the age of five, J-Dia has sought out the stage; she began working with a vocal coach when she was only seven years old and throughout her young life performed in community and school theatrical productions as well as participated in local talent shows. Today, at the age of 20, she is eager to finally set forth on her career as a singer - and as an entrepreneur:
J-Dia is signed to Forget About It Music by C.E.O.Chris Cardillo, who offered her a percentage of the company as an incentive. Upon meeting J-Dia, Cardillo dropped all his other pending projects knowing that J-Dia has everything it takes to be an established music artist. In addition, by J-Dia accepting a stake in Forget About It Music, she has found the faith in herself to have greater creative control over her career than most young artists today. She is currently deciding on a music distribution deal from among many offers and looking forward to unleashing a few other surprise collaborations on My Blue Heaven. J-Dia expresses, "This has been a lifelong goal; unfortunately I got lost along the way, and I'm glad to be back on the right track. If I could make this incident disappear, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but the media won't let me."
After her ten-month stint in Montana, Idaho and California, J-Dia returned to school, first in California and then in New Jersey. However, she has now decided to pursue her music career full-time. J-Dia looks forward to breaking a silence that was advised by her attorneys at the time of the court case. The video for "I Won't Tell" premieres this Thursday, May 4, on Inside Edition.
Bio and Q&A available at https://www.pranamarketing.com/artist/juliadiaco
